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The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances.
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When built the Bullwinkle platform was the second tallest freestanding structure in the world after the CN Tower. 3 Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) 527.0 1,729 1974 Skyscraper Office, observation, FM/TV-broadcasting United States Chicago: Tallest building in the world 1974–1998 (by structural height).
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires , the sea or other types of auxiliary support. It therefore does not include guyed masts , partially guyed towers and drilling platforms but does include towers , skyscrapers ( pinnacle height) and ...
"Stair lifts are invaluable for people with decreased mobility," says Rebecca Smith, service and installation coordinator at Stannah Stairlifts.. "[They can offer] safety, comfort, and the ability ...
The Builder's Old Measurement, expressed in "tons bm" or "tons BOM", a volumetric measurement of cubic cargo capacity, not of weight. This is the tonnage of a ship, based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds. One 252-gallon tun of wine takes up approximately 100 cubic feet, and weighs 2,240 lbs (1 long ton, or Imperial ...
The Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter Mk 32 was a larger, stretched version of the Bristol Freighter designed for Silver City Airways for use on the short air ferry routes to France. Production and operation
A dog-leg staircase A quarter-landing, on a dog-leg staircase, is made into an architectural feature, by the use of arches, vaulting and stained glass. A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a quarter-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards. [1]